Scott Tracy

On 2/16/2024 at 7:35 AM, zhounan said:

The concept of reserve army of labour. We white asses should know very well what this means.

And what became of Karl Marx....?

nothing wrong with a reserve army of labour, and what do you mean by we white asses...?

On 2/16/2024 at 6:43 AM, Burma Bill said:

Although an abhorrent decision by the Junta to conscript youngsters into the terrorist Tatmadaw, it

Doesn't Thailand have conscription too?

On 2/16/2024 at 5:05 AM, Skeptic7 said:

The Brits are even more unhinged and belligerent than usual lately.  

All of them?

On 2/16/2024 at 5:06 AM, webfact said:

with land title deeds to be distributed to landless people under the land reform program.

They'll be landless again within months, Mark my words....

So government departments don't talk to each other...?

5 hours ago, chiman said:

FAA certification would be a good start.  

You're kidding, right?

Saint Cyril day? Saint Andrew, George, David...? Why just Saint Patrick...? Nicolas Bunkerd Kitbamrung day parade...?

1 hour ago, BenStark said:

US rates will fall this year, that is as certain as anything ever is in life. And the forecast is they will fall by up to 2

Soothsayers and charlatans deliver forecasts. 

UK 'expectation' was inflation would tick up. Lo and behold it held steady. Why any one gives credence to these highly paid Crystal ball gazers is beyond me.

An excellent cover band. I saw them over a period of 4 years, 

Does this start right at the very top? I mean, the VERY top....

It'll be interesting to see what the CAAT has to say about it when the RTAF no longer protects it as a military facility and it come under civilian control.

Who is Bill Maher?

3 hours ago, KannikaP said:

the doors are automatically locked and cannot be opened from the inside or outside¹

I

So there's a difference between mechanically locking the doors on the ground and in the air? How does a door 'automatically' lock in the air?

When you say 'locked', what does that mean? Is a key inserted and turned like a deadlock? A bolt thrown from the door into the frame?

2 hours ago, KannikaP said:

I wonder how difficult it is to re-pack an emergency slide, a bit like air bags. 

Anyway it said that the plane eventually took off.........with or without the miscreant?

The blown slide would be removed and a serviceable slide installed. It would be sent for inspection and repacking for later use.

looking at the picture, without the miscreant....

further info: airlines have contingency plans and options when things go south with aircraft. It's possible passenger loads allowed the operator to despatch the aircraft with the affected door locked  out. Some airlines have spare aircraft for use in emergencies, some may decide to cancel the flight.

This has wondered so far off topic. We all have our opinions on world events, but we should all be able to agree that the systematic killing of 6 million people for no other reason than some one didn't like them, should be remembered. 

It's a great shame, in my view, that little or nothing was done, said or put in place for the huge numbers killed in pogroms and other mass killings, like in Cambodia...

One asks the question, does humanity learn nothing?

2 hours ago, Hanuman2547 said:

The reason we have FAA regulations is because they weren't being safe in the first place.  

We have? Who is 'we'?

Don't get me started on National Aviation regulatory requirements and oversight....

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

I think it has more to do with FAA regulations regarding visibility and range.

I wonder why you would think American regulations would apply in Thailand or Australia.

So many meanings for the word flux. A flux detector or is fitted to aircraft. It drives a compass...

Thus is opened a whole new can of worms....

21 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Tosser!   I didn't need the hint.

Ah, clever play on words. Clever Australians.

On 1/18/2024 at 6:28 PM, GammaGlobulin said:

They do not accept AmEx Card...so...I do not shop there.

I am NOT arguing.

Does anywhere accept Amex? Good grief. Cash is king in Makro, as in most places in Thailand.

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Ambassador of the State of Palestine.

Since when has there been such an entity?

On 1/15/2024 at 4:52 PM, HollyT said:

I've looked at the information on the London Thai embassy website - looks like I need to get my fingerprints done here, and then apply by post? Do they really need TWO originals of the fingerprints? They're expensive! £113 for the first set and £57 for a second.. 

Where did you get your prints taken? I wrote to Thames Valley police a few months ago and got bugger all response.